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Word: aero (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...they use inordinate amounts of fuel; maneuvering them in maintenance areas and hangars is tough and timeconsuming. And such troubles will only grow worse with the introduction of the 490-passenger Boeing 747 and the supersonic transport. One way to solve the problem, say engineers of Seattle's Aero-Go Inc., is to keep the planes aloft even when they are on the ground. They have done just that by developing a device that can literally float giant jetliners over concrete aprons, taxiways and hangar floors on a cushion...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Technology: On a Cushion of Air | 11/22/1968 | See Source »

Their most secure foothold is in science. They are telling us things about molecular structure and aero-dynamics. In hard-to-quantify sciences like linguistics or psychology they are partly hamstrung; they can't tell the difference between sentences like "Fruit flies like a banana" and "Time flies like an arrow." But they have created their own languages which people must use to communicate with them, and these computer languages throw light on the mysteries of human speech...

Author: By Anne DE Saint phalle, | Title: If What We Say Is What We Mean..... Then Who Means What the Computer Says? | 11/20/1968 | See Source »

...Hong Kong Sir: Okay, I can see leaving Gertrude Stein (straight) and Alice B. Toklas (soul) off your list, but Dear Abby (straight) and Ann Landers (soul) - unforgivable. BETSY TREMONT Teheran Sir: Please include Adlai Stevenson, soul uncle to all. SP4 A. R. WAYMAN, U.S.A. Avon Park, Fla. Sir: Aero engineers stole the moon out of Junes Medico pioneers took the heart out of tunes About all that's left in the bowl luv, is soul. ESTHER ANN GOLDBERG Lyndhurst, Ohio That Corson Book Sir: In its criticism of Lieut. Colonel Corson's book, The Betrayal [June...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Jul. 12, 1968 | 7/12/1968 | See Source »

What company spends $100 million a year urging Americans to savor Brach candy, Gulden's Mustard and Chef Boy-ar-Dee foods, to rub on Meet and Aero Shave, to wash their clothes with Woolite, to battle their bugs with Black Flag, to treat their ills with Dristan, Anacin and Bi-So-Dol, to keep their cool with Equanil? Even the most ardent shoppers might be hard put to answer because for all the effort it puts into making household names of its more than 90 brands, American Home Products Corp. cares little about plugging its own corporate identity...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Corporations: Millions from Small Packages | 5/3/1968 | See Source »

Industrias Kaiser Argentina as the nation's biggest automaker. Ford will have a broader base from which to operate in Latin America. Brazilians may not realize immediately that they have a Ford in their future. Ford will continue to make Aero-Willys, Itamaratys and Gordinis for the time being; it will likely replace them later with Galaxies and a brand-new, still secret, five-passenger car known only...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Latin America: Driving down to Rio | 8/4/1967 | See Source »

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